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countrysides

countrysides is the plural of countryside.

Meaning of countryside

Noun

countryside (countable and uncountable, plural countrysides)

  1. An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
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  2. Such part of a larger area.
    • We live in the Swedish countryside.
  3. A rural landscape.

Questions about countrysides

What is countrysides the plural of?
Countrysides is the plural of countryside.

Words near countrysides in the dictionary

  1. countryseats
  2. countryship
  3. countryside
  4. countrysider
  5. countrysiders
  6. countrysides
  7. countryward
  8. countrywards
  9. countrywear
  10. countrywide
  11. countrywoman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: countrysides (page history and authors); countryside (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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